Method of preparing photographic-film cartridges.



H. GINDELE METHOD OF PREPARING PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM CARTRIDGES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24. I916.

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61] Moi/Magi I APPUQATlON FILED FEEL 24. I916.

Patented Jan. 1, 191&

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HABBIElOhT GINDELE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

original application filed September 14, 1915, Serial r70. 50,536. Divided and this application filed February or, 1916. Serial No. 80,222.

exposed section from a strip of sensitized photographic film capable of receiving a pluralit of exposures without injury to the remainc er of the strip.

In some types of photographic cameras u series of exposures are successively made on a strip of sensitized film. It is not infrequentlthst after one or more exposures aremsde, at considerable interval intervenes before the remainder of the strip is exposed to photographic sub ects. it is sometlmes desirable to develop a particular exposed section of the film before an opportunity arises to expose the remainder of the film in the regular way. if a part or" the film is out from the strip, the remainder of the strip should be secured to the usual backing strip,

otherwise, the film strip will not feed properly in the camera, nor can it be properly developed by the machine method. In view of the character of the surface of some films now upon the market, it is st dilhcult matter to apply an adhesive strip to secure the film to its bucking strip without loss of the exposed surface, and it is not desirable to apply mechanical fastening means, such as clips, to perform this function, owing to the space which such devices would occupy with-.

in the camera,

This invention discloses subyect l'natter divided from my a-ppllcation Ser al No.

50,586, which was filed on September 14,

1915. he invention relates to a method of preparing films for use within the camera and thereafter treating predetermined exposed sections of the sensitized film having exposed and unexposed portions, and permitting the unexposed portions of the film to be replaced in operative position in the camera. to receive future exposure. The method includes the employment of a film having a; slit formed therein through which a portion of an adhesive winged strip may be inserted to have its gummed surface contact "with the sensitized surface of the film. These perforated and gummed strips are provided for each exposure section of the film, and the gummed section may be secured t the film at the factory. Other portions, such as the wings of the adhesive strip are designed to be secured to the film protecting strip, or the autogrophic strip, whereby a strip of sensitized film may be secured to a batching or protecting stri after a section of the film has been remove intermediate the ends of the strip.

'l he film stri is preferably scored or cut to permit of the ready detachment of the exposure sections from the'body of the film strip, and the adhesive strips are also preferably perforated orsc'ored to correspond to the cut-out or scored portions of the film sections to facilitate the detachment of the film sections from their'backing strips for developing purposes, or for machine or tank development.

To enable others to understand the invention, reference is made to'the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is u plan view showing a portion of a film perforated.

Fig, 2 discloses the film provided with the adhesive strips.

Fig. 3 discloses the reur'of the film with the adhesive strips secured to the backing.

Fig. l is s detail view of one of the gummcd tabs or strips.

Fig. 5 is a detail view showing the re movul of one of the sections,

The method may be employed in any type of roll film, and the film is usually provided with. a backing strip which is indicuted'in the drawings at 1. Some types of films 'ure provided with an outographic strip which isindicuted at 2. The strip of sensitized film illustrated at 3, and is preferably out with srcuate slots at the end of each of thei e'xl etented Jon, 1, 1M8.

posure sections, so that an exposure section 5 may be easily and quickly separated from the film strip. It is obvious that other forms or perforations than. those disclosed at 4: may be employed.

Associated with the film strip is an adhesive strip or tab, shown in Fig. 4 as pro vided with a body 6 having a perforated section 7 and Wings 8, one surface of this strip being providedwith an adhesive substance. The perforated section 7 of the tab is positioned between the film strip 3 and a backing strip 1 or 2, so that the section 7 may be passed through the arcuate slots a and may then be moistened and secured to the portion l of the film strip.

The backing strip 1 may be provided with slits 9 through which the ends of the wings 8 may be inserted, leaving the adhesive tab 6 merely secured to the sensitized film when it leaves the factory; This may be found desirable, as a limited amount of play is usually found necessary between the film and its backer when feeding the film through the camera to make the exposures. It desired, however, the wings 8 may be secured directly to the back of the hacking strip 1 at the factory, and they are designed to be positioned over the slits 9 to exclude lights from passing therethrough.

Assuming that an exposure has been made on the film section 5 the operator may take the camera into a place where light is sub dued, for example, a dark room, and open the camera to expose the back of the film. The winged sections 8 may then be with drawn from the slits 9, the adhesive side thereof moistened. and the wings 8 securely fastened to the back of the backing strip 3. or the protective strip 2 as may be desired. The section 5 to be removed from the film strip may be separated from the strip at its retaining portions 10, either'hy tearing it from the strip or using a knife or other in strument. The adhesive tab 6 torn from the backing strip along the lines oi its foration 7, and the section which is secured to the film section 5 remains on the film to be detached by the solutions during development. The camera may now be closed, and the remainder of the film exposed to photographic subjects in the usual. manner, after which the film may be placed in a machine for development, or in a tank, for developing the entire remaining strip, or seo tions of the strip secured to the hacker, as the case/may be. After the remaining per-- tions [of the film shall have been developed, the remaining film sections may be removed ne esi backing strip 1 by separating it on the scored lines at and 10 of the film. and? of the adhesive strip.

By this method, the films may he removed memes as exposed without affecting the unexposed portions of the film or affecting the machine development of the film.

Having thus described my invention, wha' I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I 1. The method of preparing a sensitized photographic film so that an exposed section may be removed from a film strip adapted to receive a plurality of exposures, which consists in perforating the film strip inter mediate its ends, and sealing the film strip to the protecting backing strip at a plurality of points thr ughout the length of the film by an adhesive strip to facilitate the detachment of the exposed section from the backinv strip and from the film strip on the lines o? perforations.

"2. The method of preparing photog *aphic films having backing strip which comprises a perforating sensitized film at the division lines of the exposure sections thereof, passing a portion of a winged adhesive strip through the perforations o thand sealing a portion said v to film, and folding the v of the strip into contact with l a The method 0; films having slitt strip w comprises cutting the sensitized til 1 substantially the division lines of posed sections thereof, pa sing a portion or a winged adhesive h the cut-cut portions of the film and sealing said st to the film at th t portions th sealif t 1 points to cor exposure section free of the the slits o ave strap :1 through if the hacking strip.

. 4:. The method oi preparing photo ra film" having backing strip comprisins' ting out a portion part of the bony film to receive a of an adhesive winged strip and to leave i portion of the film to contact with said r p, s ling the protrudoi the adh sive strip to the sect-iv of the film contac l p a rith, ti wings t the adhesiy-e strip into contact surface of. the backing strip, and the wings to the backing strip.

5. The method of preparing photographic films having a backing strip comprising cutting out a portion of the film to leave film tab sections, and. to receive a part of the body of an adhesive winged strip through said cut-out portions, providing the adhesive strip with a row oat pertorations in alinement with the cut-out portions of the film, sealing the part of the adhesive strip whichis extended through the cut-out portion of the film to the surface of the film at the tabs thereof, folding the Wings ofthe adhesive strip over the exterior of a film ba cking strip and sealing the Wings thereto, and removing the film exposure section from the film strip by severing the film sections on the line of their cut-out portions and severing the adhesive strip from the backing strip on itsperforated portion.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature,

Witnesses LEONORE' GINDELE, REUBEN GINDELE. 

